[Wiki Loves Monuments] Please put the mobile app banner on your country sites

Fri Sep 7 18:50:18 UTC 2012

Yes .. district will be more useful and scalable.
Next year we can add state govt protected monuments too.

I am trying to get the list from different states govt websites.

*AS Gov*

   - AS Arch <http://www.assamarchaeology.com/monument1.php>

*AP Gov*

   - AP Arch <http://www.aparchaeologymuseum.com/?page_id=2251>

*KA Gov*

   - KA Arch<http://www.karnatakaarchaeology.org/archeology/archeology/?page_id=6>

*KL Gov*

   - KL Arch<http://archaeology.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=25>

*MP Gov*

   - MP Arch <http://www.mparchaeology.org/protmonu.asp>

*TN Gov*

   - TN Arch <http://www.tnarch.gov.in/cons/monument-list.htm>

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 'IN-UT' is the ISO 3166-2:IN code for the state. It should indeed be
> possible to automatically convert those.
>
> The circles are probably more tricky. Before I revamped the tables into
> the current shape, we needed that to create the unique identifier. Probably
> it is best to just ignore the circles for the sake of this app - because it
> will only lead to confusion since some states have them, and some don't.
> And one of the circles is even names after a city in a different state...
> Mentioning the district is probably more helpful.
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
>
> 2012/9/7 Naveen Francis <naveenpf at wikimedia.in>
>
>> Thanks Jon.
>> It is working :-)
>> 1. I see a state called "IN-UT"
>> 2. And inside Tamil Nadu .. Instead of Chennai and Thrissur circle it is
>> C and  T
>>
>> Can you fix this issues ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> naveenpf
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Jon Robson <jdlrobson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Naveen
>>> The latest version of the app was released. Please check the latest
>>> status with regards to India sub divisions!
>>>
>>> All the best!
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Naveen Francis <naveenpf at wikimedia.in>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Jon Robson <jdlrobson at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi Naveen
>>> >> This should be solved in the next application update (hopefully later
>>> >> today)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thanks Jon that will really helpful.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> I disagree with your statement that the app will not be useful - it
>>> >> has a 'find nearby monuments;' feature which should help India Wiki
>>> >> Loves Monumenteers to find monuments on their doorstep so there is no
>>> >> need for them to even use the list!
>>> >>
>>> >> Jon
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Naveen Francis <naveenpf at wikimedia.in
>>> >
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi Philip/Mathew,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > In case of India, until monuments list as separated as statewise; it
>>> >> > will
>>> >> > not be useful.
>>> >> > User will be unable to browse 4000+ monuments from single list.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Thanks,
>>> >> > naveenpf
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:07 AM, Matthew Roth <mroth at wikimedia.org>
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Adding to Phil's note, I think only the International, Israeli and
>>> the
>>> >> >> U.S. sites are currently using a prominent button to encourage
>>> >> >> downloads of
>>> >> >> the Android app. If other countries want to do the same, I think it
>>> >> >> would be
>>> >> >> excellent. If you don't like the image used on the app with the
>>> >> >> lightning (I
>>> >> >> know someone found it too dark), we could do other images or no
>>> image
>>> >> >> at
>>> >> >> all. For the U.S. site, we substituted an image of the Golden Gate
>>> >> >> Bridge.
>>> >> >> http://wikilovesmonuments.us/
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Anyway, please discuss any concerns with the design or anything
>>> else
>>> >> >> here
>>> >> >> and let us know if we can help facilitate more promotion of the app
>>> >> >> through
>>> >> >> the national sites.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Couple of other stories in the past few days that mention the app:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/4/3291159/wiki-loves-monuments-wikipedia-photo-contest-september-global
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/29/wikipedia-launches-worlds-largest-photo-contest/
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> thanks!
>>> >> >> Matthew
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Philip Chang <pchang at wikimedia.org
>>> >
>>> >> >> wrote:
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Hi All,
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> The contest if off to a good start but traction for the mobile
>>> app is
>>> >> >>> lagging. So far we have 300+ uploads and about 1500 installs of
>>> the
>>> >> >>> app.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> In some countries, the app will broaden participation, so it is a
>>> good
>>> >> >>> idea to let your communities know the app is available. We have
>>> >> >>> created a
>>> >> >>> sample banner here:
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_mobile_application/Marketing#Editable
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Which you can modify as desired. The text is editable so it is
>>> easy to
>>> >> >>> translate, or feel free to change the text.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> The download link is in the banner text and graphics and QR code,
>>> so
>>> >> >>> don't worry about that.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Please let me know if you have any questions. We can help with
>>> >> >>> re-formatting.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> In addition, we are seeing some mobile/tech press attention in
>>> the US,
>>> >> >>> so
>>> >> >>> the app could help your overall PR efforts. For example:
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> http://allthingsd.com/20120904/wikipedia-mounts-massive-monthlong-photo-competition/
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Thank you.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Phil
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> --
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>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> --
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Matthew Roth
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